Reverend Henry Lyman - Northampton, MA
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The Reverend Henry Lyman was murdered while doing missionary work in Sumatra, Indonesia. His grave is located in Bridge Street Cemetery in Northampton, MA
Waymark Code: WMPR49
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 10/11/2015
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Henry Lyman was born in Northampton, MA on November 23, 1809. He was a Baptist missionary of the American Board. He was murdered along with his associate Samuel Munson by the local Batak tribe in Sacca village, Lobu Pining, Tarutung, Sumatra on June 28, 1834. His marble grave marker in Bridge Street Cemetery is inscribed:
In Memory of
REV. HENRY LYMAN
son of
Theodore & Susan W Lyman.
A missionary
of the American Board
who
with his associate
Rev. Samuel Munson
suffered a violent death
from the Buttatis
in Sumatra
June 28, 1834
aged 24.
The book The Martyr of Sumatra details the life of Henry Lyman
Link to the Book
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